Ethan Dicks wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 04:58:00PM -0700, Doc Shipley wrote:
>
>> Open PSU inside, and a logic board that converts the SDI I/O to talk
>>to 2 Maxtor XT-8760-E ESDI drives.
>
>
> Oops... I misread your message and parsed "SMD" where you wrote "ESDI".
>
> Perhaps we have the same bridge card, but in a different enclosure?
>
> Can't verify now... give me a few months if you don't find any info.
Didn't get to power them up yet, but I finally had a chance to take
some snapshots. You can't really tell, but that socketed 40-pin DIP on
the bridge card is a Z80.
http://www.docsbox.net/RA8/
One of the first things I want to check, after basic function, is
whether these guys will function on one disk. Looks like they should.
If they will, one of those Maxtors is going to go live in my PC/RT.
The RT has a 280MB IDE Seagate Medalist in it right now, which was a
cool hack, but I'd be happier with the ESDI adapter back in. And the
Maxtor is bigger. :)
Doc
Received on Mon Oct 25 2004 - 00:41:57 BST